zimbomba63:skinink: "Menino is a good reason why people disrespect Boston, and by proxy the people of Boston. If you constantly re-elect a mayor that cannot speak intelligibly it reflects poorly on the town and its residents."Who outside of Boston or Massachusetts knows who the Mayor of Boston is? And even if they do, have heard him speak? Menino no more should be a reason why people 'disrespect' Bostonians than Ariel Castro should be a reason to look down on anyone from Ohio.

I've never heard Menino speak, so I'm going to go to Youtube and see if there are any examples. He can't be as bad as Mayor Daley. I don't mean Richie, I'm talking about the old man, Mare Daley. He would be fumbling for words in a normal speech, and if he got pissed off, he'd get all red in the face and begin to sputter all kinds of nonsense. Menino would really have to be a piece of work to beat out Old Man Daley.

OK, I've been to Youtube and listened to Menino speak. Wow!! I mean WOW!! Does that take me back in time. It's like listening to Old Man Daley again, but, with a Boston accent. Too bad Old Man Daley isn't still alive, he and Menino could have a contest, like a Battle of Gibberish. They would have to have the closed caption running, just you would the faintest idea of what they were struggling to say.